Moishe By Eliezer Wiesel: Analysis

If you were ever put in a “survival of the fittest” situation, would you ever get to a point where nothing matters? Eliezer Wiesel’s book describes this situation perfectly. People who conveyed Jewish religion were exhibited inhumane treatment. They were tortured and beaten every day until they couldn’t take it anymore. The overall theme that was faintly suggested throughout the book is to show men’s harshness to one another in a life or death situation.

In the book, Moishe, Elie’s teacher, was transported to a German camp and was treated cruelly. He traveled back to Sighet to warn his community about the imminent dangers that were making its way to Sighet. He told of “people digging their own graves” and “children used for target practice’.